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You wanna reopen this thing??? Lol.. ;p I just started using WP and have been busy pumping out plugins to tweak things to the way I want. I was so busy with the coding that I haven’t been browsing much lately and didn’t even know about this.

Anyhow, I’m not sure what the community was like before June 06, but I’ve been happily coding and adding features that I get feed back about. My main problem for tracking these and any new plugin ideas is a consolidated place with more organisation than the forums to track these. Possibly a structured wishlist place would be good. Unless there is one I don’t know about… heehee…

david, there seems to be real push among WP users that they want *something* new, but they’re not really sure what. competition after competition after competition isn’t helping at all. all it leads to is increased criticism of designers who provide what is appropriate to them, which doesn’t match what people seem to want. there needs to be another way to acheive the result you’re looking for.

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Cheers.

I can’t say much for a theme the owner threw away and then drug out of the garbage to pass on the public.They will get lots of traffic to their site now and that is probably why it was submitted.

So you’re saying that once an original theme is no longer used on the creator’s site, it’s garbage? I spent a lot of time on that theme, and I think that when you personally have used a theme, you love it the most, and that dedication to it is what helped to develop it. It wasn’t a quick/recycle theme for hits – it took a long time to create and was in fact up for a long time.

Also, if your statement is true, then would you berate the creat of this theme for releasing is garbage as well, as is any theme that was based off a previous site skin?

A design on any site is not “thrown away.” What would you say to a net where everyone kept the same design for forever and ever and coveted it themselves? Then WordPress Themes might not exist.

I was only trying to inspire those who have been holding back. Which is why the interview with Phu Ly as well, and my continued work on here. I dont think I am powerful at all, but I had hoped that I could reach enough people who felt as I do, and had the talents to change it.

i do see the slowdown, but i think you’re taking yourself and your influence too seriously. And people with long-running projects? see leanna’s comment about viitoria’s theme above. there’s the real reason for the slowdown.

You should also be sad at how many I got. I did not ask that the themes or plugins be unique to my challenge. Where are all the plugin developers? Where are all the people making themes? I did not ask anyone to rush, but those with works in progress could have been inspired to work on their project. We are a week into July and still some of those who said they were going to get their themes or plugins done in time have still not released them.

The slowdown is here and a reality, despite what anyone says.

and your last paragraph is troubling. didn’t those who _didn’t_ enter confirm your fears, rather than the people you’re ‘thanking’?